New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-09-30
A COMMISSION MADE WEARY.
LISTENING TO TIREsoME WINES SEES.


IN, oxpr nrryv ABUSES Mr.. GOULD AND MANY
oTHER PERSONS ASD THINGS.
Tho Pacific Railroad Commission held one OF its longes
sessions yesterday to near ex-senator NorWoou' o'
eorxis vndicate" himself, to permit Colonel CharIesO
Rein OF wocrshofer Co.. 10 indulge In his usua
phppics against the Pacific railroads la general ana r
Gould in particular and to enable Lucius f. Chttenden
OF hc Treasury. to give In wearsome detail
all that no knew about the Central Pacihes doingsin
California and Mr.. Huntingons In Washington IL was
dark when the Board finally adjourned
Mr. Norwood, who IA a rather pleasant faced Southern
gentleman had come all the way from Savannah 70 ex-
plain his relations with the Central Pacific the books Oh
which show that paid several Thousand dollars In
1878 This he explained, paid him as counsel OK
tho Pacific. which position he took after leaving
Congress In 1877. His salary was s1o,666 year. He
believed that he had fully earned this In lighting Tom
scots Texas Pacific road Aside from his salary ne had
never received penny from Mr. Huntington or any one
connected with him. This statement indorsed later
on by Isaac N. Gates, Mr. Huntnstons assistant who
was recalled to the stand.
Colonel Ref seemed prmod for the occasion He was
full TO tho brm wrath and rhetoric which he unloaded
at the rate OF about $50 words minute. There was
NO such thing holding him In check
after he had got fairly started and the senographers
gave up despair after making the most desperate oil
forts 10 follow him. The Colonel tried to Impress every
body with tho statement that he appeared as witne"
much against his WILL He had already suffered from tho
money power" and he was reluctant about adding 10
his many troubles. BY the term money power. ne e1-
planned that meant Mr.. Gould. or tho boss. "a he
called him. Reference to Mr. Gould seemed to excite
him. He forgot his expressed determination to say
nothing began to rattle OF long story OF how MI
Gould bankrupted the Kansas Pacific and Tho Denver
Pacific roads, and how no fixed the terms OF his absorp
ton OF these lines and their final consolidation with
the Union Pacific, how the administrator OF the law
had been warded of by the employment OF pretty much
49, hnur
and courts made subssrvient to Mr. Gonlds Plans
and how fact, Mr. Gould had run everything BIS own
way regardless OF law, Colonel Reif or any one else
After he had In this way tor about hall an nour
This led another long dissertation upon the law under
which road, built some OF the directors OF Ine
Union Pacific no declared were @ N tnS
Name them" broke in e1Judge Dillon sternly.
Tho witness declined to do So but remarked that one
Of them was . nephew of sidney Dillon M'erward ne
ON rather light testimony he had no personal knowl-
edge. He asked TO outline plan for settling inc
passage OF bill declaring that Whenever the
i should have tho same power to
enforce lts rights that stockholders have.
Then sxJudge Dillon took the witness TO task by ask
ing him series Of kpotty questions which colonel Reif
did his dodge, aud ho partially succeeded This
n suit for tho Union Pacific that Colonel Red was not
hand enemy Of the road 10 thi, the witness
Gould had ruined him. -
Before the next witness was called q card was re-
cclycd nom George Francis Train inviting tho eomms
sioncrs to hear him lecture Tho rumor tha Mr IRAN
Is 10 he called a witness IL entirely without iouhdA
ton Mr. Litter says. Mr. Chtenden. who was formerly
in Mr. Hunt gton's employ. we'll preserved MAI Tor
his years, aud Ike Colonel Rien valuable witness
told how BE had brought suit against tho Central Pa
cdc In behalf OF dissatisfied stockholders OF the
california; Pacific which line had ooen bought By the
main road Thsn he told OF what he did for MI Hunt
inr,on in wsshneton giving by I'm pcation tho impress
sion that money had been used influences LEGISLATION
This ronscd Mr. Cohen Who 10 show the animus oil the
uitness steruly asked Did you not. Mr. Chittenden
present to Mr. Huntington b for $4,000 for services
In Washington. and did he not say that no would give
you half the Central Pacific but could notpay any 'uon
sum Z" =. .,,..-, -,
There was n general smile. but Mr.. Chittsnden said
no that he had asked $4,000 but only received s3Ooo
o 3d. 500 for his work. -
To-day the Commission will hold Its last public ses-
sion. John L Blair will testify about the Sioux CITY
road